Looped
A fading film star still can turn up the heat in this outrageous comedy.
Tag: celebrity
Final 24
Roger Pike’s TV documentary investigates the deaths of famous celebrities, including Nicole Brown Simpson, Janis Joplin, Keith Moon, and Gianni Versace, among others. Carl F Gauze can’t stop staring.
Edie Sedgwick
Her Love Is Real… But She Is Not (DeSoto Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Snake The Cross The Crown
Mander Salis (Equal Vision). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Slang
Blue (). Review by Ben Varkentine.
Communique
Poison Arrows (Lookout! Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Celebrity
Lovesick (Doghouse). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Snobbery: The American Version
So much for all men being created equal. In his excellent new book, Snobbery: The American Version, Joseph Epstein examines the need for us to look up while looking down. Eric J. Iannelli gives the book the once-over.
Ravin
Buddha Bar III – Selections (George V / Musicrama). Review by Kiran Aditham.
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